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- Why the West Rules for Now (7)
- By Ian Morris
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- Sustainable Energy - Without the Hot Air (19)
- By David J. C. MacKay
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- Nativi digitali (64)
- By Paolo Ferri
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Finished on May 7, 2011
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- I Am Ozzy (44)
- By Chris Ayres, Ozzy Osbourne
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Finished on Apr 24, 2011
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- Dall'euforia al panico (7)
- Pensare la crisi finanziaria e altri saggi
- By André Orléan
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- Il saper vivere di donna L…
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- Il saper vivere di donna Letizia (89)
- By Colette Rosselli
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- L'etica protestante e lo spirito del capitalismo (913)
- By Max Weber
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- Walden ovvero la vita nei boschi - La disobbedienza civile (87)
- By Henry D. Thoreau
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- Le porte della percezione (1527)
- Paradiso e inferno
- By Aldous Huxley
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- La vita che stress (502)
- Il grande libro di Calvin and Hobbes
- By Bill Watterson
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- La famiglia Winshaw (7988)
- By Jonathan Coe
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- God in Concord (1)
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- By Jane Langton
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- L'indispensabile Calvin & Hobbes (141)
- By Bill Watterson
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- Io, Robot (5241)
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- Il colore della magia (1667)
- By Terry Pratchett
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I Am Ozzy
Very, very well written by Chris Ayres with hints and flavours of post-war working class Britain, and UK and US music and show business from the 1970s to the late 2000s.
Gross, outrageous, consistently more than a tad moralistic - yes, the guy did survive the most appalling binges for decades, a ... (continue)
Very, very well written by Chris Ayres with hints and flavours of post-war working class Britain, and UK and US music and show business from the 1970s to the late 2000s.
Gross, outrageous, consistently more than a tad moralistic - yes, the guy did survive the most appalling binges for decades, and yes, he hints to an eventual cleanliness at least.
And yes, he could be much clearer on how clean he got, still yes, he strongly and effectively pictures a few situations that will resonate with anybody who has seen or considered, or lived, serious dependency.
The account of the clash between his idyllic recollection of a children birthday party and the frightful account a video recording provides of the same party spoiled by its violently drunk host does feel authentic and drive home a valuable message. So does the more extended account over many chapters of Ozzie's relation with his second wife and compass through the key business, ethical and life choices of an insanely successful, successfully insane artist.
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